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DBMS > Oracle Rdb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Splunk vs. SWC-DB vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison Oracle Rdb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Splunk vs. SWC-DB vs. Teradata Aster

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NameOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsAnalytics Platform for Big DataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.splunk.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)SAP infoformerly SybaseSplunk Inc.Alex KashirinTeradata
Initial release19841992200320202005
Current release7.4.1.1, 202117, July 20150.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsHP Open VMSAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyesyesnoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or PerlyesnoR packages
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringMulti-source replicationyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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